Esiste una fauna delle grotte glaciali?

During a recent exploration inside ice-caves of "Belvedere Glacier" (Macugnaga, Monte Rosa) and "La Rossa Glacier" (Oevero Valley) we had the confirmation that the fauna found in such cavities is the characteristic one of the near-snow zones. But in rock-caves containig ice the situation in very different: the "Boma d'la Giace" of Chabaudey (Aosta Valley) is the habitat of cryophilic arachnids like lschyropsalis dentipalpis Canestrini, 1872.The cave "Patarasa" (SW Piedmont) is the locus typicus of the cryophilic Oiplopoda Crossosoma mauriesi Strasser, 1970. In the "Buca del Ghiaccio della Cavai/aria" (NW Piedmont) has been found another population of Ischyropsalis dentipalpis Canestrini, 1872 and a new species of Leiodidae Leptodirinae: Archeoboldoria sturanii Casale & Giachino, 2010. lce-caves of the southern Piedmont are important sites far the hibemation of bats species. The "global warming" is threatening this subterranean habitats and their inhabitants.